Sober companion
A sober companion is a human services-related career path with the goal of helping the client maintain total abstinence or harm reduction from any addiction, and to establish healthy routines at home or after checking out of a residential treatment facility.These may include a psychotherapeutic approach, 12-step or non-12 step plan, other outside support groups, help establishing nutrition and fitness daily, medication therapy, or holistic practices.Some recovery coaches stay with their clients for many months, and some offer only transportation services (for instance, to and from treatment facilities or sober living homes).Many sober companions are ex-addicts[3] themselves and are sometimes hired in cases where a celebrity, actor or musician will not attend residential treatment, but must remain abstinent to complete a film or recording project.Hunsicker's speech on “The Challenges for Implementing Evidence-Based Practices in Addiction Treatment"[9] suggested that companions can help a patient successfully transition from a heavily structured, secure environment into the world where he previously failed to stay sober.